State of Kansas v. Killion

*374The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In this proceeding Jay Killion was charged with having, on August 25, 1913, killed and murdered Milton Hillier, a young farmer about twenty-seven years of age residing near Eminence in Finney county. Defendant’s plea in abatement and motion to quash were overruled, and he was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. His motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied, and from the judgment and sentence rendered he appeals.

It appears that Killion and Hillier were neighbors. On August 25, 1913, Hillier and his…